Bikol/Singular and Plural Verbs

Verbs are pluralized by placing after the first syllable of the verb base a syllable consisting of «r-» plus the vowel that appears in the first syllable of the base. Pluralization can be used to indicate the plurality of the object of the verb as in "I bought a pencil" --> "I bought pencils", or to pluralize the subject as in "He walked to the market" --> "They walked to the market". There is no morphological distinction between these two forms of pluralization. Pluralization of the object binakal ↔ binarakal pinundo ↔ pinurundo If the base verb begins with an L, then the plural infix is prefixed to the base. naglakaw ↔ nagralakaw nagkurahaw ↔ nagkururahaw Repeated Action To express a repeated action, the affix «para-» is used. This roughly translates to "he keeps doing it". taram ↔ nagparataram higda ↔ nagparahigda more examples The child is playing. Nagkakawat an aki. The children are playing. Nagkakarawat an mga aki. The man is sitting. Nagtutukaw an lalaki. The men are sitting. Nagtuturukaw an mga lalaki. The dog is barking. Nagbabatok an ayam. The dogs are barking. Nagbabaratok an mga ayam. He/She bought an ice cream. Nagbakal siya nin ice cream. They bought ice cream. Nagbarakal sinda nin ice cream. He is praying. Nagpapangadyî siya. They are praying. Nagpapangaradyî sinda. The book was borrowed. Sinublî si libro. The books were borrowed. Sinurublî si mga libro. She will come with me tomorrow. Maiba siya sakuyà sa aga. They will come with me tomorrow. Mairiba sinda sakuyà sa aga. He bathed in the sea. Nagkarigos siya sa dagat. They bathed in the sea. Nagkararigos sinda sa dagat.